Can't install Windows Update
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Original Message
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Name: mike
Date: July 16, 2002 at 18:10:06 Pacific
Subject: Can't install Windows Update |
Comment: Hi...
I'm running ME. The Windows Updates won't install properly... the install process gets stuck at about 8%. The update downloads fine from the website. Thanks in advance for suggestions.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Col
Date: July 16, 2002 at 18:19:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Mike.
Be sure to close your AV and firewall if running. But actually apart from that the
download site has been a bit iffy for me here in the UK, bear with it. Take care.
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Response Number 2
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Name: mike
Date: July 16, 2002 at 19:58:44 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thanks, Col. I have done both those things in the past. Doesn't seem to work. My suspicion rises when i think that i can't even reinstall ME... that installation ALSO freezes up early. Are they connected?
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Response Number 3
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Name: wawadave
Date: July 16, 2002 at 20:24:06 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)hello
use boot disk and do scandisk in dos check for errors on drive.if it checks out ok than do a virus scan at house call anty virus and allso d/l ad-ware from www.download.com
and try installing up date from safe mode have a nice day
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Response Number 4
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Name: mike
Date: July 16, 2002 at 20:32:15 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)My apologies if this sounds silly. But when i get my Windows Update, i'm connected to the website, and it seems like everything is done automatically. Sounds like there's a way to download the update to my computer, then run it at my leisure. True? If so, how do i do this? Or if the download is saved on my computer, where do i find it? And WAWADAVE: Thanks for the tips! Re: Adware, do you mean the compression utility? If so, why do i need that?
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Response Number 6
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Name: mike
Date: July 16, 2002 at 20:53:10 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)lol... just read about the "real" ad-ware. I was going to call off the dogs because i realized it was spyware. I see i was a little too late! lol Thanks for the clarification, ectoplasme!
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